 Dishes made: Shepherd's Pie & Pwdin Eva ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ Claimed by Bits ❤️ ~ Queen of Typos ❄ Magical Mosh Pit ❄
After finding a suitable baking dish, Jude added parchment paper to prevent the contents from sticking. Taking the meat mixture, some of it was played directly on the parchment paper. Using the same wooden spoon, it was spread evenly. This step was repeated with the mashed potatoes. Then the meat mixture and the potatoes again, until both were used up. Into the preheated oven the dish went where the contents of it would bake for thirty minutes.
The Hufflepuff magically cleared away the utensils he had used for the Shepherd’s Pie, Scourgified his workstation then set about prepping the ingredients for his dessert: Pwdin Eva - which translated to Eve’s Pudding. It was a simple Welsh apple dessert .
While apples were peeled, cored and chopped, the boy preheated another oven - this time it would need to be done at 350°F. A bowl was set before him so that the chopped apples, six tablespoons of brown sugar, lemon zest and juice as well as the half tablespoon of cinnamon could be added together. They were mixed together with him taking the time to make sure the apples were coated as evenly as possible.
Another baking dish was layered with parchment paper before the mixture was added. In another bowl, seven tablespoons of butter and half cup granulated sugar were beaten magically. This was done until the two ingredients were fluffy. The first egg was cracked open, added to the mixture then beaten in. This step was repeated for the second egg after which the half teaspoon was beaten in as well. Using a neon green plastic sifter, Jude sifted about three- quarters of a cup of flour over the butter and egg mixture before folding the flour into that mixture.
With that done, it could be poured over the apple mixture. Man! This smelled SO good! Jude adored the smell of the cinnamon wafting up at him. He took another deep breath before sliding the dish into the oven. He had forty minutes before retrieving that.
For the final bit for the Shepherd’s Pie, a small chunk of cheese was grated and by this time, thirty minutes had been completed which meant that the Pie was done. Pulling on mitts, he opened the first oven to reveal a bubbling dish. Yummy! He pulled the dish towards him, grabbed the grated cheese and sprinkled it all over the top. The dish was pushed back into the oven where it would bake for another five minutes so that the cheese could melt and have a light yellow colour.
The five minutes seemed to pass rather quickly and soon the oven was turned off and the dish was out cooling. Just look at it… so PERFECT, so golden, so delicious smelling. There was still a few more minutes for the Pwdin Eva to finish so the boy used the time to clear out his workstation and clean up any mess. Everything was returned to their places but the mitts.
When the Pwdin Eva was removed from the oven, that heavenly aroma hit him even more. Jude placed the dish beside the Shepherd’s Pie and stood back to admire his work. The Pwdin Eva was golden brown and perhaps if it didn’t need to be cooled before adding whipped cream, he would have devoured it right there and then.
At least if his careers as a professional dancer and choreographer didn’t pan out, he could always be a chef! |